Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL

18000 NW 57TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1407801673

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$8,593.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$8,593.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$136.80 with CorVel Corporation vs $10,311.60 with AIDS Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $136.80 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $139.68 ↓ -98%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $139.68 ↓ -98%
Freedom Health MGMCR $739.00 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $739.00 ↓ -91%
AvMed HIX $1,031.16 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,117.09 ↓ -87%
Simply Healthcare HIX $1,160.06 ↓ -86%
Freedom Health MGMCD $1,374.88 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $1,374.88 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $1,460.81 ↓ -83%
Molina MCR $1,460.81 ↓ -83%
AvMed FullyInsured $1,804.53 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $1,804.53 ↓ -79%
Cigna HMO $1,804.53 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,830.31 ↓ -79%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCR $1,890.46 ↓ -78%
MMM of FL (Health Advantage Plan) MCR $1,976.39 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,036.54 ↓ -76%
AvMed ASOEO $2,062.32 ↓ -76%
AvMed Empower $2,234.18 ↓ -74%
AvMed Select $2,234.18 ↓ -74%
AvMed Engage $2,234.18 ↓ -74%
AvMed Flex $2,234.18 ↓ -74%
AvMed Focus $2,234.18 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $2,320.11 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $2,577.90 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $3,866.85 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $4,296.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $4,296.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $4,296.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed MDCSelectOON $4,296.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed JHSSelectHMO $4,296.50 ↓ -50%
Medica HealthCare MCR $4,983.94 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $6,444.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $6,874.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $7,304.05 ↓ -15%
AIDS Healthcare MGMCD $10,311.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at other Florida hospitals

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Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $1,965.18 $236.71 – $415.86
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